Virat Kohli: The only one in the history of World T20.. 4 rare records in Kohli’s account in one innings.. | IPL 2023: Virat Kohli becomes the first player to score 6500 T20 runs as captain and creates many records with PBKs vs RCB Match
In the match against Punjab, Kohli, who captained RCB, scored a half-century with 1 six and 5 fours for a total of 59 runs. With these runs and fours, Kohli created rare records. Let’s see what they are now..
Apr 21, 2023 | 12:36 PM
IPL 2023 PBKS vs RCB: RCB beat Punjab Kings by 24 runs in Mohali match. For this match, Kohli received the reins of captaincy after almost two years. Faf Duplessis decided not to field in this match due to rib pain. So the RCB franchise chose Faf as an impact sub and handed over the team captaincy to Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli who played against Punjab Kings as the captain of RCB team created many records. King Kohli, who came into the ring as an opener in this match, scored 59 runs in 47 balls with 1 six and 5 fours.
1. With these 59 runs, King Kohli has made a special record of 6500 runs as a captain in T20 cricket. Kohli scored a total of 6903 IPL runs in 229 matches. He scored 5333 runs as the captain of RCB and 1570 runs as the captain of Team India T20. Kohli became the first batsman in the world to score 6500 runs as a captain in T20 cricket.
2. Virat Kohli, who hit 5 fours in this match, also recorded a unique record of hitting 600 fours in IPL. While Shikhar Dhawan is at the top with 730 IPL fours, now King Kohli is at the third position with 603 fours. Kohli is also the first batsman to achieve this feat for RCB.
3. With his half-century against Punjab Kings, Kohli also became the Indian player with the most half-centuries in T20 cricket. Australia’s David Warner tops the list with 96 fifties in world cricket. Now Virat Kohli has reached the 2nd position in the half-centuries list with a total of 89 fifties in 366 T20 innings.
4. Also, King Kohli also holds the record as the batsman with the most number of 30 plus scores in T20 cricket. Virat Kohli has scored more than 30 runs 100 times in T20 cricket. King Kohli is the first player to achieve this feat in world cricket.
